Recognition · 2009
The EU's official recognition for cultural heritage. La Casería is among its laureates.
The award
European Heritage Award
Europa Nostra · 2009
The citation
What the jury recognised.
“An exemplary restoration that preserves both the architecture and the working life it was built for.”
Europa Nostra is the European Union's official voice on cultural heritage. Its annual awards recognise outstanding achievements in conservation, research, education and dedicated service. La Casería de Tomillos received its award in 2009 for the conservation category — the most exacting strand.
The recognition was given not for a building made beautiful, but for one kept honest: the 16th-century stone fabric restored to its original method, and the agricultural economy that the estate was originally built around still functioning inside its walls. Olive press, chapel, kitchens. Lived in, not staged.
Heritage that works
The chapel was consecrated in 1573. It has been used for three weddings this year.
Field note · 2025
On record
The laureate page lives at Europa Nostra.
For citations, photography or the full jury statement, the original record is the source.
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